Skirt.



PATENTEDDEG. 4, 1906.

A. M. SCHNEIDER.

SKIRT.

APPLICATION FILED APB.27.1906.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 4, 1906.

Application 27, Serial. N0.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER M. SCHNEIDER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at North Manchester, county of Wabash, State ofIndiana, have invented new and useful Improvements in Skirts, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to a ladys skirt or petticoat, made of silk orother material, and provided at its inner side with a removable washableflounce or lower half of an underskirt. In this way the appearance oftwo or more skirts is obtained, a desirable fullness at the bottomeffected, and any objectionable increase in waist measure avoided. Theremovable flounce serves further as a guard or protector for the edge ofthe silk skirt.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is an elevation of a skirtembodying my invention, and Fig. 2 a section through part thereof.

The numeral 3 indicates a skirt made preferably of silk. At about kneeheight there is attached directly to the inner side of the skirt ahorizontal tape 4, carrying hooks 5. The skirt 3 incloses the lower halfof an underskirt 6, made of washable material and provided at its upperedge with a tape 7, carrying eyes 8, that project above the upper edgeof the underskirt, being adapted to be removably engaged by the hooks 5.The length of the underskirt 6 is less than the distance of tape 4 frombottom of skirt 3. Thus when the underskirt is attached to the skirt thelatter projects over and conceals the same, the combined garment beingof single thickness above the knees, but of double thickness below thesame. In this way any undesirable fullness is avoided above the knees,while the appearance and substance of a double skirt is obtained belowthe knees.

By having the lower edge of the tape 4 free from the skirt and thefastening devices or hooks and eyes arranged to engage at the contiguousedges with one member thereof projecting beyond the edge of the part towhich it is attached, the faces of the tape and underskirt are permittedto lie flush and not overlap, and an objectionable bulge is avoided, allof which is clearly shown in Fig. 2.

The underskirt 6 is provided at its bottom with two or more flounces 9l0, that extend to the lower edge of the same and impart the desiredfullness to the garment above the foot. If desired, the skirt 3 may beworn without the underskirt 6, and both parts may be separatelymanufactured and sold.

What I claim ish The combination with a skirt having a tape permanentlyattached thereto upon the inside thereof and an underskirt detachablysupported from said tape and terminating short of the skirt and free ofthe latter at its lower edge, of fastening devices, one member of eachof which is attached to the tape and underskirt, respectively, andprojects beyond the edge of the part to which it is attached, wherebythe edges of the tape and underkirt will not overlap, substantially asspeci- Signed by me at North Manchester, Indiana, this 20th day ofApril, 1906.

ALEXANDER M. SCHNEIDER.

Vitnesses:

JOHN ISENBAEGEE, ELI V. IsENBARGER.

